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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VIII, The Voortrekkers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Chief Ngalo asks his son Nxumalo to bring the "heavy earth" to show the Old Seeker, what does Nxumalo bring?
(a) A diamond.
(b) Three iron ingots from Phalaborwa.
(c) A pot of soil.
(d) A chunk of gold.

2. How many Voortrekkers face the twelve thousand Zulus in battle at Blood River in 1838?
(a) One hundred.
(b) One thousand.
(c) Twenty thousand.
(d) Four hundred and sixty.

3. What causes the loss of horses and oxen at the end of Chapter Eight as the Voortrekkers journey to Zimbabwe?
(a) A lion attack.
(b) A flash flood in which the animals drown.
(c) A Zulu attack on the Voortrekker camp.
(d) The tsetse fly.

4. What is a Trekboer?
(a) A nomadic farmer or cattle herder.
(b) A Dutch sailor.
(c) A Dutch bride.
(d) A member of the Trekboer family.

5. Why does Prince Henry of Portugal want his ships to sail around Africa's cape?
(a) To beat the French to China.
(b) To chart new territory.
(c) To attack the Zulus.
(d) To reach the riches of the orient.

Short Answer Questions

1. What work does Paul de Prè's wife do for his Amsterdam employers?

2. Which of the following does not describe Seena Van Valck?

3. For whom does Paul de Prè work as a gardener in Amsterdam?

4. Who inadvertently starts a war with the Xhosa tribe in Chapter Five by moving to land he doesn't realize has been allotted to the Xhosa by the governor?

5. What work does the Old Seeker tell Nxumalo he must do upon reaching Zimbabwe?

(see the answer key)

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